I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
BILLIE JEAN KING
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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man…God has the likeness of fingers and hands and a face.
Benny HinnBenny Hinn Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I’ll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.
Bobby DarinBobby Darin Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.
Bobby ScottBobby Scott The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.
Bill VaughanBill Vaughan Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I wanted to use sports for social change.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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